I only blogged about the first part of our trip, mostly Disney World. In Ft. Myers Beach we only had Internet access at mom's house where we visited occasionally. I'll try to summarize our time in Ft. Myers. "Unseasonably cold" describes the weather forecast. The normal high for this time of year is 10-15 degrees higher than what we experienced. We only had three or four days above 70 degrees. We couldn't go boating at all because of the cold, wind and rough water. I know the snow and cold in Indiana was much worse that what we had in Florida, so I'm trying not to complain!
The first week or so, Grandma Creech spent a few days at my mom's house, playing games and hanging out. Mom took her to play cards and Mah Jongg with her friends, shopping at Beall's and eating out. Grandma slept in a real bed instead of the blow-up mattress in the camper and she had more room to stretch out. Rick and I didn't do much, just walked with the dogs on the beach if weather allowed and tried to eat as much shrimp as possible. Maggie and Millie LOVED the beach, especially chasing the gulls and sandpipers and the head rubs from other beach goers. The doggies have grown attached to Grandma, snuggling with her on the couch when we watch TV. Millie even sleeps in the chair next to her every night.
We missed seeing Miss Mary, in whose yard we were parked. She is so gracious to let us camp out and use her water and electricity. We so love being there. We got to spend time with her sons, neighbor Stan and wife Colleen and Randy and wife Janie, visiting from Indiana. We also got to see Mary's daughter Stephanie who came from Orlando area to visit her brothers. Besides the beach, we were visited regularly by a family of ibis eating bugs in the yard./>
We visited Indiana friends Terry & Cary at their rented house near Marco. We saw their family including Jill and family, brother Mark & wife Ellen and mom Lila. It was so nice to see them all in Florida. Of course we ATE every time we met. Come to think of it, we ate out LOTS. Terry, Rick, friends Steve and Bruce played golf at Quail West one rainy day while the women went shopping at Waterside shops in Naples. We took Maggie and Millie to Bruce and wife Janet's house to visit their dog relatives one day. Their dogs, Maggie is a full sister to our Maggie and their Molly is their half sister! They had great fun playing in the fenced yard.
The second week of our visit, my sister Janet & Ted, niece Jayme & Tony, McKenna & Delaney arrived at Granny's for a week's stay. Great fun! They drove to our home away from home at the beach to spend a day. Of course that was the day the red algae washed up on the beach making our sunning time quite smelly. McKenna played in the sand while we sunned. Delaney didn't care much for the beach.
Grandma Creech and I got to shop some. Rick told us we had to stop or we would run out of room in the camper! We collected souvenirs from Disney, Miromar Outlets, Beall's and the tourist shops near the beach. We also enjoyed ice cream from Kilwins! YUM!
Grandma Creech's brother, Jack lives in Ft. Myers so she wanted to see him before we head North. We made arrangements to stop by his house. She had not seen him in a while and it had been even longer since she had seen his wife, Alice. I thought this picture of the three of them was really precious.
Now we are on our way home after a being gone five weeks. We're all ready to be home but not ready to be back in the cold. It's a hard three-day trip with the camper. To top it off, Maggie had developed a fear of TRUCKS! That's pretty rough since we're riding in a truck, pass trucks all day long and even see trucks when we stop! I have tried several strategies to help calm her but nothing seems to work except jogging around during fuel and potty breaks and the Benedryl I gave her to help relax. Not sure what else to do. It might be time to call Cesar Millan!
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